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. 2021 Sep 15;10(9):1472. doi: 10.3390/antiox10091472

Table 2.

(A). Different types of biosurfactants produced from bacterial strains. (B). Different types of biosurfactants produced from fungal strains. (C). Different types of biosurfactants produced from yeast strains.

(A). Different Types of Biosurfactants Produced from Bacterial Strains
Bacterial Strains Biosurfactants Properties Isolation Source References
Pontibacter korlensis strain SBK-47 Pontifactin Surface-active, antimicrobial, and antibiofilm activities Coastal waters of Karaikal, Puducherry, India [23]
Bacillus licheniformis Lipopeptides Heat resistance and capacity to emulsify oils used in cosmetics Deception Island (Antarctica) [24]
Paracoccus sp. MJ9 Rhamnolipid Enhance solubility of hydrophobic compounds Jiaozhou Bay in Qingdao, Shandong Province [25]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa UCP0992 Rhamnolipids High emulsifying activities against different oils, capacity to remove
hydrophobic contaminants, and did not show toxicity
Centre of Research in Environmental Sciences,
Catholic University of Pernambuco, Brazil
[26]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA1 Rhamnolipid Capacity to use as carbon sources Oil production wastewater in the northeast of Brazil [27]
Pseudomonas desmolyticum NCIM 2112 Rhamnolipid Degradation of
textile dye
National Center for Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM), Pune, India [28]
Serratia marcescens SS-1 Serrawettins Produces lipopeptide surfactants, having the capability to reduce
surface tension
Taiwan [29]
Bacillus subtilis Cyclic
lipopeptides
A significant reduction in the activities of acetylcholinesterase, a-carboxylesterase, and acid phosphatases Namakkal and Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India [30]
Bacillus subtilis Pumilacidin Antiviral activity against Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) Tree trunk near lake Yamanaka, Japan [31]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa S5 Glycolipid Removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Supelco (Bellefonte, PA, USA) [32]
Pseudomonas protegens F6 Orfamide A Insecticidal against Myzus persicae Soil from previously reported diesel oil-contaminated site [33]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa DS9 Rhamnolipid Antifungal agents against F. sacchari in pokkah boeng
Disease
Lakota oil-field of
Sivsagar district, Assam, India
[34]
Pseudomonas fluorescens BD5 Pseudofactin II Antiadhesive activity and disinfectant Freshwater from the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard [35]
Bacillus sp. BS3 Lipopeptide Anticancer activity
and antiviral properties
Solar salt works in
Tamilnadu, India
[36]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Rhamnolipid Enhanced oil recovery through anaerobic production of Rhamnolipid Daqing oilfield-produced water [37]
Bacillus subtilis A21 Lipopeptide Removal of petroleum hydrocarbons, heavy metals Adityapur Industrial Area, Jharkhand [38]
Rhodotorula bogoriensis Sophorolipid Antimicrobial property against Propionibacterium acnes American Type Culture Collection [39]
(B). Different Types of Biosurfactants Produced from Fungal Strains
Fungi Biosurfactants Properties Isolation Source References
Candida utilis Emulsifiers Emulsifiers Culture collection from the Department of Antibiotics of the Universidade Federal de, Pernambuco, Brazil [40]
Candida lipolytica UCP 0988 Lipopeptide Not toxic against different vegetable seed Culture collection of Nucleus of Research in Environmental Sciences, Catholic University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil [41]
Penicillium chrysogenum SNP5 Lipopeptide Role in pharmaceuticals as well as in the petroleum and oil industry Soil-contaminated grease waste [42]
Cunninghamella echinulata Complex Carbohydrate/protein/lipid Reduce and
increase the viscosity of hydrophobic substrates and their molecules
Caatinga soil of Pernambuco, Northeast
of Brazil
[43]
Candida Antarctica Mixtures of 4 mannosylerythritol lipids Produced the lipids from different vegetable oils Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, the Netherlands [44]
Microsphaeropsis sp. Eremophilane derivative Antimicrobial properties Waters around the Caribbean Island of Dominica [45]
Yarrowia lipolytica
NCIM 3589
Bioemulsifier Increased the hydrophobicity of the cells during the growth phase Seawater near
Mumbai, India
[46]
Yarrowia lipolytica IMUFRJ50682 Carbohydrate protein
complex
Capable of stabilizing oil-in-water emulsions Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro [47]
Ustilago maydis Cellobiose lipids Secreted cellobiose lipid having antifungal activity - [48]
Torulopsis bombicola Sophorose lipid Sophorose lipid fermentation American Type Culture Collection [49]
Aspergillus ustus Glycolipoprote Antimicrobial activity Peninsular coast of India [50]
Candida bombicola ATCC 22214 Sophorolipid Used in low-end consumer products and household application American Type Culture Collection [51]
Ustilago maydis FBD12 Glycolipids Antimicrobial activity American Type Culture Collection [52]
(C). Different Types of Biosurfactants Produced from Yeast Strains
Yeast Biosurfactants Properties Isolation source References
Starmerella bombicola Sophorolipids Cytotoxic effect on MDA-MB-321 breast cancer cell line Fungal Biodiversity
Centre
[53]
Torulopsis
Petrophilum ATCC 20225
Glycolipids Protein emulsifier American Type Culture Collection [54]
Kluyveromyces marxianus FII 510700 Mannanoprotein Source of emulsifier in the food industry Culture Collection of the University of New South Wales, UNSW [55]
Pseudozyma aphids, DSM 70725 and DSM 14930 Mannosylerythritol lipids Foam formation Deutsche Stammsammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (DSMZ), Braunschweig, Germany [56]
Pseudozyma tsukubaensis Glycolipid Producing diastereomer MEL-B from vegetable oils Leaves of Perilla frutescens on Ibaraki in Japan [57]
Saccharomyces cerevisiae URM 6670 Glycolipid Antioxidant activity and cytotoxic potential Culture Collection of the Department of Antibiotics of the Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil) [58]
Trichosporon asahii Sophorolipid Efficient degrader of diesel oil, higher hydrophobicity, emulsification activity, and surface tension reduction Petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soil in India [59]
Meyerozyma guilliermondii YK32 Sophorolipid Emulsification properties Soil samples collected from hydrocarbon-polluted locations of Hisar, Haryana [60]
Rhodotorula babjevae YS3 Sophorolipid Antimicrobial activity Agricultural field in Assam, Northeast India [61]
Pichia caribbica Xylolipid Reduced the surface
the tension of distilled water
Microbial type culture collection, India [62]
Candida ishiwadae Y12 Monoacylglycerols: Glycolipid Exhibited high surfactant activities Plant material in Thailand [63]